The primary deficit is the deficit calculated excluding the payment of interest on the public debt.

基本赤字是指去除了利息负担后的公债额。

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Despite strong growth and low interest rates, its public debt was still over 80% of GDP on the eve of the global crisis, worse than India’s peers (see chart).

在全球危机前夕，尽管有高增长和低利率，印度的公共债务仍然超过GDP的80%，这比国外同等国家的情况还要糟糕（如图示）。

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Despite strong growth and low interest rates, its public debt was still over 80% of GDP on the eve of the global crisis, worse than India's peers (see chart).

在全球危机前夕，尽管有高增长和低利率，印度的公共债务仍然超过GDP的80%，这比国外同等国家的情况还要糟糕(如图示)。

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This year, for the first time, almost the entire proceeds of French income tax will go to pay interest on public debt.

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To the extent that outstanding Treasury debt is purchased by the Fed, the burden of interest payments on the public debt is reduced almost proportionally.

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By 2006, when the government hopes to balance the budget, interest payments on the public debt will be huge.

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